Inside Church Headquarters: Revelation in Councils

When asked what he has learned about the importance of councils in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, President Dallin H. Oaks, first counselor in the First Presidency, thinks back to an experience he had in his late 20s. President Oaks was a newly called second counselor of a stake presidency in Chicago, Illinois, at the time. In one of the first meetings he attended, the stake president indicated a stake center needed to be built to accommodate the large number of units in the stake.